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In the week ending Sat., Nov 11, 2006, I listened to the following:
1 ) 9/10 J.S. Bach: The Works for Organ, Vol 15, mostly aopcrypha, unfinished pieces, etc.--Kevin Bowyer, Marcussen Organ of St Hans Kirche, Odense, Denmark--2 CD Nimbus set
2 ) 9/9 Beethoven: Syms 7, 8--Wyn Morris, cond. LSO--Carlton Classics.
3 ) 9/9 Schumann: Etudes after Paganini, Op. 3; Fantasiestucke, Op. 12; Supplement to Op. 12;Fantaisie, Op. 17--Jorg Demus, piano--Vol 5 of a 13 Vol. Nuovo Era set.
4 ) 9/9 Mahler: Sym 4--Inbal, Frankfurt RSO, Helen Donath, soprano--Brilliant. Recorded at a very low level, needs a lot of gain to sound decent.
5 ) 10/10 Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder--Robert Craft, cond. Philharmonia Orch., Stephen O'Mara, tenor, Melanie Diener, soprano, Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano, David Wilson-Johnson, bass, Martyn Hill, tenor, Ernst Haefliger, speaker--2 CD Naxos set
6 ) 10/10 Shostakovich: Sym 8--Rudolf Barshai, cond., WDR sym Orch--Brilliant
1 ) 9/10 J.S. Bach: The Works for Organ, Vol 15, mostly aopcrypha, unfinished pieces, etc.--Kevin Bowyer, Marcussen Organ of St Hans Kirche, Odense, Denmark--2 CD Nimbus set
2 ) 9/9 Beethoven: Syms 7, 8--Wyn Morris, cond. LSO--Carlton Classics.
3 ) 9/9 Schumann: Etudes after Paganini, Op. 3; Fantasiestucke, Op. 12; Supplement to Op. 12;Fantaisie, Op. 17--Jorg Demus, piano--Vol 5 of a 13 Vol. Nuovo Era set.
4 ) 9/9 Mahler: Sym 4--Inbal, Frankfurt RSO, Helen Donath, soprano--Brilliant. Recorded at a very low level, needs a lot of gain to sound decent.
5 ) 10/10 Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder--Robert Craft, cond. Philharmonia Orch., Stephen O'Mara, tenor, Melanie Diener, soprano, Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano, David Wilson-Johnson, bass, Martyn Hill, tenor, Ernst Haefliger, speaker--2 CD Naxos set
6 ) 10/10 Shostakovich: Sym 8--Rudolf Barshai, cond., WDR sym Orch--Brilliant
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hyperion is the label of choice for Purcell. Among other things, I can recommend their 8 CD set of his Complete Odes and Welcome Songs. Although this is a lot of music, listening to them is very rewarding, and none of the individual works is anywhere near as long as "King Arthur."Eetu Pellonpää wrote:I'm just starting to listen Henry Purcell's "King Arthur".
EDIT: I'm not very experienced in the classical music field, but this sounds quite much like G.F.Händel's work, like the 3rd act overture. Some very beautiful song sequences here, but as a complete work there are also bit boring parts here?
If anybody could suggest me some shorter vocal works of Purcell I would be very grateful! (or some great arias from his operas f.ex.)
Oh, and if you like that, I recommend going back a little further in time to some of the music of Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, especially The Rosary Sonatas.
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Moldy, you don't have the right attitude. You don't try to fit your music into your house. If you are a truly dedicated music lover, you will organize your house around your music.moldyoldie wrote:Please let me/us know what you think of it; I've been considering purchase. Actually, I'm looking for the "perfect" Sibelius 3rd Symphony, which is the pairing on that CD, as well as a "different" 5th from my Panula, Sargent, Salonen (yuck!), Bernstein/Vienna, and Davis/LSO Live. (Really like the Panula and Sargent.) I've read Segerstam's recording described as "lush and expansive".Bogey wrote:Sibelius Symphony No. 5 Segerstam/Helsinki
Currently listening to the interminable, nearly 100-minute Gliere Symphony No. 3 "Ilya Murametz" by Farberman/RPO on Unicorn; trying again to decide if I really like it or if it should be sacrificed for shelf space. The first hour makes for good background music, if you like a consistent drone of romantic, near-Wagnerian swelling and ebbing of strings.
I realize the symphony has a "program", but it might work better as a silent movie soundtrack.
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I have this CD and, I must confess, after listening a couple of times, decided to seek another, more satisfactory rendition of the Etudes. Gavrilov's technical mastery is certainly admirable, but the point of these these pieces is to solve the technical problems so that the beauty of the music can be fully expressed. In many of the Etudes, this is something that Gavrilov fails to do. The result is ugly display, not Chopin.bOrbOt wrote:Chopin - Etudes Op.10 & Op.25
Andrei Gavrilov - Pianist
I have heard a live performance of the Etudes which was musically as well as technically outstanding--Louis Lortie. Perhaps I will purchase his recording of the set.
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Quite an experience. Glad to know someone here has braved this work and loves it.J Nguyen wrote:Schnittke- Symphony No.2 "St.Florian"
Segerstam, Royal Stockholm Orchestra, Mikaeli Chamber Choir
I realzied today our BIS release does not offer a libretto to this 'scared sym". Its a mass and a sym combined, Schnittke up to his usual genius.
So I just ordered the Chandos release, and an confindent the english translation is there. This order will complete my Schnittke/Chandos collection. I have them all now Oh what joy.
Psalm 118:22 The Stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
23 This is the Lord's doing , it is marvelous in our sight.
23 This is the Lord's doing , it is marvelous in our sight.
Well, the second Symphony was my first attempt at listening to Schnittke. It was a completely new experience, unlike anything I've every heard. It completely shattered my perceptions of music and opened my ears and mind to new possibilities. So it's fairly obvious that I enjoyed it, but I was at times lost and overwhelmed. The texture is amazing and the effect it had on my emotions was profound. Listening to Schnittke for the first time was an interesting, enjoyable experience.Quite an experience. Glad to know someone here has braved this work and loves it.
Now I'm listening to Bristow's Symphony in F-Sharp minor, the Chandos one. Jarvi is the conductor and the performers are the musicians of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. It's a beautiful symphony- too bad it's so neglected.
Everyone on this board neds top read and understand what Nguyen expressed here.J Nguyen wrote:Well, the second Symphony was my first attempt at listening to Schnittke. It was a completely new experience, unlike anything I've every heard. It completely shattered my perceptions of music and opened my ears and mind to new possibilities. So it's fairly obvious that I enjoyed it, but I was at times lost and overwhelmed. The texture is amazing and the effect it had on my emotions was profound. Listening to Schnittke for the first time was an interesting, enjoyable experience.Quite an experience. Glad to know someone here has braved this work and loves it.
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Volumes could be devoted to these words, an exegesis is in order.
But I'm afraid i do not have the time anymore.
Yes believe it, I'll save many here the pains of reading my rants and drivel (Right Misha?)
But i will make a topic today and let others discuss.
Nguyen, PM me at any time.
i have all Schnittke, some will take you even further.
There area few from Schnittke that i find not as great. His violin concertos for instance. But this is the exception in his profound genius..
Paul
Psalm 118:22 The Stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
23 This is the Lord's doing , it is marvelous in our sight.
23 This is the Lord's doing , it is marvelous in our sight.
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I heard Gurre-Lieder live a couple of weeks ago. Gielen conducted the SWR Baden Baden in Frankfurt's Alte Oper. Melanie Diener was the Tove in this performance too. She impressed! I'm going to have to get this Naxos version.RebLem wrote:In the week ending Sat., Nov 11, 2006, I listened to the following:
5 ) 10/10 Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder--Robert Craft, cond. Philharmonia Orch., Stephen O'Mara, tenor, Melanie Diener, soprano, Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano, David Wilson-Johnson, bass, Martyn Hill, tenor, Ernst Haefliger, speaker--2 CD Naxos set
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'Have had a PARIS CONSERVATORY ORCH. festival going on in the Walkman these days:
Vivaldi's Gloria (Andre Jouve, w/Ensemble Vocal de Paris......an extremely bright, ebullient--if slightly strident--performance; those French femmes singers, with their nasal enunciations, are really an acquired taste!)
Debussy: the orchestral versions of Children's Corner Suite, Danse, & Soiree dans Grenade (Coppola)
Prokofiev: Lt. Kije (Boult)
Ravel's Intro & Allegro (Cluytens, w/Lili Laskine on harp)
Honegger's Pacific 231 (Ansermet)
Vivaldi's Gloria (Andre Jouve, w/Ensemble Vocal de Paris......an extremely bright, ebullient--if slightly strident--performance; those French femmes singers, with their nasal enunciations, are really an acquired taste!)
Debussy: the orchestral versions of Children's Corner Suite, Danse, & Soiree dans Grenade (Coppola)
Prokofiev: Lt. Kije (Boult)
Ravel's Intro & Allegro (Cluytens, w/Lili Laskine on harp)
Honegger's Pacific 231 (Ansermet)
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After a great steak dinner (rare in Germany!) and a bottle of wine, I'm sitting here in a mild stupor, enjoying a glass (or two) of the Dew (Tullamore Dew) and listening to Sibelius: Luonnotar and The Bard, Gibson conducting the Scottish National.
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"My unpretending love's the B flat major by the old Budapest done"---John Berryman, Beethoven Triumphant
I agree with you. Gavrilov does play these etudes with technical mastery. However, At certain times, I feel as if this mastery makes the pieces seem rushed and dry, if you will.Ricordanza wrote:I have this CD and, I must confess, after listening a couple of times, decided to seek another, more satisfactory rendition of the Etudes. Gavrilov's technical mastery is certainly admirable, but the point of these these pieces is to solve the technical problems so that the beauty of the music can be fully expressed. In many of the Etudes, this is something that Gavrilov fails to do. The result is ugly display, not Chopin.bOrbOt wrote:Chopin - Etudes Op.10 & Op.25
Andrei Gavrilov - Pianist
I have heard a live performance of the Etudes which was musically as well as technically outstanding--Louis Lortie. Perhaps I will purchase his recording of the set.
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If only room would permit. Thank you, Bob Villa (or is it Martha Stewart?).RebLem wrote:Moldy, you don't have the right attitude. You don't try to fit your music into your house. If you are a truly dedicated music lover, you will organize your house around your music.
As I've posted elsewhere, I'm very partial to the Shostakovich Eighth and would be interested in knowing where the Barshai ranks among those recordings of it you've heard, or does your 10/10 rating say it all?RebLem wrote:6 ) 10/10 Shostakovich: Sym 8--Rudolf Barshai, cond., WDR sym Orch--Brilliant
After watching the epitome of ineptitude known as the Detroit Lions lose again, this time to the who-I-thought-were-even-more-lowly San Francisco 49ers, I'm wallowing in a large Pizza Hut Veggie Lovers Pan Pizza, a $3.90 bottle of French syrah (on sale, half-price, and surprisingly not bad!), and Shostakovich's Cello Concertos -- Natalia Gutman, cello; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Yuri Temirkanov, cond.
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It is not fair to judge music from a midi version. Try a version played on harpsichord (best) or on piano (second-best). Even Glenn Gould is better than midi.Dalibor wrote:J.S. Bach - English suite (from computer midi)
Never heared anything this dull and unoriginal. Why is this held for one of better Bach's works is beyond me at the moment
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What, you don't have a good Argentinian steak house around where you live?Sergeant Rock wrote:After a great steak dinner (rare in Germany!) and a bottle of wine, I'm sitting here in a mild stupor, enjoying a glass (or two) of the Dew (Tullamore Dew) and listening to Sibelius: Luonnotar and The Bard, Gibson conducting the Scottish National.
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Just borrowed from the library a Marco Polo disc full of music by British light composer ERNEST TOMLINSON (Marco Polo 8223413).......when it comes to small gems from the Brits, I'd go with Coates or Ketelbey any old day; Tomlinson's not as attention-grabbing as those guys.
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Entire 6-CD cycle of Beethoven's symphonies and appended overtures by the London Classical Players led by Roger Norrington, again trying to decide if it's a candidate for culling to make room on the shelves. This is my fourth or fifth go-round with these.
Sometimes
Other times
Once in a while
Most times
I've gotta admit, I kind of like those funky horns and tympani...as a diversion.
The only other "original instruments" performance of Beethoven I've heard is the Ninth by Roy Goodman and the Hanover Band, of which I'm rather fond. I don't know if it's the spacious, somewhat reverberant acoustic (the typical Nimbus label sound) or the performance itself -- probably a combination. I believe the "space" takes an edge off those strident strings.
Sometimes
Other times
Once in a while
Most times
I've gotta admit, I kind of like those funky horns and tympani...as a diversion.
The only other "original instruments" performance of Beethoven I've heard is the Ninth by Roy Goodman and the Hanover Band, of which I'm rather fond. I don't know if it's the spacious, somewhat reverberant acoustic (the typical Nimbus label sound) or the performance itself -- probably a combination. I believe the "space" takes an edge off those strident strings.
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Elgar Symphony No.2 and Sospiri, Jeffery Tate, the London Symphony Orchestra. This is an extremely bipolar interpretation of the symphony. The opening of the symphony, for example, thows out any pretense of "nobilmente", opting instead for a hyperactive explosion. This is an incredibly exciting beginning. But he pulls in the reigns so dramatically, with a speed so slow, it really highlights the extreme mood changes of this movement. It's all very disturbing. Love it!
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Keep it! Buy another shelf There's nothing else like it...no other HIP version even comes close, in my opinion. Those horns and tympani shouldn't be considered a diversion but integral to the true sound of a Beethoven symphony.moldyoldie wrote:Entire 6-CD cycle of Beethoven's symphonies and appended overtures by the London Classical Players led by Roger Norrington, again trying to decide if it's a candidate for culling to make room on the shelves. This is my fourth or fifth go-round with these.
I've gotta admit, I kind of like those funky horns and tympani...as a diversion.
Sarge
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You know, I picked this up six or nine months ago, but I haven't listened to it just yet. Nice to know that I have something to look forward to, Sarge! :-)Sergeant Rock wrote:Elgar Symphony No.2 and Sospiri, Jeffery Tate, the London Symphony Orchestra . . . .
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Ever checked out the David Zinman/Zurich Tonhalle set? They're a nice alternative.....Zinman made an even greater try at obeying Beethoven's metronome markings; and the results are some truly hair-raising performances.moldyoldie wrote:Entire 6-CD cycle of Beethoven's symphonies and appended overtures by the London Classical Players led by Roger Norrington, again trying to decide if it's a candidate for culling to make room on the shelves. This is my fourth or fifth go-round with these.
Sometimes
Other times
Once in a while
Most times
I've gotta admit, I kind of like those funky horns and tympani...as a diversion.
The only other "original instruments" performance of Beethoven I've heard is the Ninth by Roy Goodman and the Hanover Band, of which I'm rather fond. I don't know if it's the spacious, somewhat reverberant acoustic (the typical Nimbus label sound) or the performance itself -- probably a combination. I believe the "space" takes an edge off those strident strings.
Myself, I'm trying to get all of Norrington's (I have 2 LPs & 1 cassette). Both sets are good to have around.
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I've sampled Zinman's Ninth. Sorry, not my cuppa tea. Thanks for the suggestion anyway. I just copped Thielemann's Fifth and Seventh on DG for five bones -- the extreme opposite of Zinman.Wallingford wrote:Ever checked out the David Zinman/Zurich Tonhalle set?
Currently listening to a beautiful recording of Rachmaninoff's Vespers with the Robert Shaw Festival Singers on Telarc -- sublime!
It's not nearly as dark and foreboding as another recording I have on a Melodiya(?) LP with the U.S.S.R. Russian Chorus, which would probably be deemed idiomatic.
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With all thi talk of Beethoven it's coincidental that I spent the weekend with the Rattle/VPO set on EMI. This is the first time I've ever just spent days with a Beethoven cycle, and listened to a few of the symphonies two or three times.
Whether it's the new edition, Rattle's balances or live recording, these are light, fleet readings (except for the Ninth). Winds are very prominent and there is lots of inner string details that emerge, inner tremolos popping out here and there, contributing to this impression of fleetness. This is Beethoven the confident optimist. On the whole the orchestra takes on a bright, colorful sound--perhaps due to the wind balances and some of the unique sounds of the VPO, notably horns and trombones. The strings play with little or no vibrato. This same sunniness is heard in Zinman's recordings which also use the new Barenreiter Edition, although the latter's are better recorded and generally more exciting.
The Ninth gets a broad reading, timing at nearly 70 minutes, but it isn't slow, just weighty. This weightiness makes the Ninth sound very different from the other eight.
This is a set that will wear well for a long time, like Muti's. An interesting aside is that although I ordered it from the BMG club, it came with a Tower Records price sticker on it.
John
Whether it's the new edition, Rattle's balances or live recording, these are light, fleet readings (except for the Ninth). Winds are very prominent and there is lots of inner string details that emerge, inner tremolos popping out here and there, contributing to this impression of fleetness. This is Beethoven the confident optimist. On the whole the orchestra takes on a bright, colorful sound--perhaps due to the wind balances and some of the unique sounds of the VPO, notably horns and trombones. The strings play with little or no vibrato. This same sunniness is heard in Zinman's recordings which also use the new Barenreiter Edition, although the latter's are better recorded and generally more exciting.
The Ninth gets a broad reading, timing at nearly 70 minutes, but it isn't slow, just weighty. This weightiness makes the Ninth sound very different from the other eight.
This is a set that will wear well for a long time, like Muti's. An interesting aside is that although I ordered it from the BMG club, it came with a Tower Records price sticker on it.
John
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Can you tell us which of his four complete recordings. The set on Mercury (1964) is probably the most common, but I think that set reflects a mode of thinking which probably sounded avant-garde when they were new. They still sound unique today, although not among my favorites. The recordings for Sefel (c. 1983) have more traditional tempi. I haven't heard the RCA set (c. 1995), but I would expect them to be closer to the Sefel recordings, which are no longer easy to find.bOrbOt wrote:Bach, J.S. - Complete Cello Suites
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There is also a monaural set he recorded for EMI (c. 1958) which has been re-issued with Johanna Martzy's recordings of the Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin. Her broad approach to these works was quite unusual in the early 1950s when they were made, but they are probing and she makes her approach work. It was also issued in Introuvables de Janos Starker, a nice collection of his EMI recordings.
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karlhenning wrote:Schumann
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Coincidently I listened to the Schumann Third today, too, Karl, as I prepared dinner. Mine was a very different reading though: Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin. Extraordinary. A critic who shall remain nameless called it "a performance for the ages" and after hearing this I can tell you that was not hyperbole.
The critic who will remain nameless also said this, comparing Zinman and Barenboim:
"The wonderful thing about both Barenboim and Zinman is that at this late date, and in these works, we have two such totally different yet equally valid viewpoints, both of which justify yet another look at this oft-recorded repertoire. Excellence at this level serves only to renew our faith both in the vitality of the classics and in the ability of today's interpreters to triumphantly stand toe to toe with the greatest recorded documents of the past."
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They are from the Mercury set.CharmNewton wrote:Can you tell us which of his four complete recordings. The set on Mercury (1964) is probably the most common, but I think that set reflects a mode of thinking which probably sounded avant-garde when they were new. They still sound unique today, although not among my favorites. The recordings for Sefel (c. 1983) have more traditional tempi. I haven't heard the RCA set (c. 1995), but I would expect them to be closer to the Sefel recordings, which are no longer easy to find.bOrbOt wrote:Bach, J.S. - Complete Cello Suites
Janos Starker
There is also a monaural set he recorded for EMI (c. 1958) which has been re-issued with Johanna Martzy's recordings of the Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin. Her broad approach to these works was quite unusual in the early 1950s when they were made, but they are probing and she makes her approach work. It was also issued in Introuvables de Janos Starker, a nice collection of his EMI recordings.
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Paul Hindemith - Mathis Der Maler (symphony)
I listened only the first movement some time ago and now went thourgh the whole thing (on recomendation of some people from this forum). It is a superb work, all three parts are full of atmosphere, have particulary memorable parts and are greatly structured. But it doesn't sound so great on the first listening, definitely - expecialy on computer midi :
I would like to hear real recording - can anyone recomend me a good version, containing eventualy some more stuff from Hindemith?
I listened only the first movement some time ago and now went thourgh the whole thing (on recomendation of some people from this forum). It is a superb work, all three parts are full of atmosphere, have particulary memorable parts and are greatly structured. But it doesn't sound so great on the first listening, definitely - expecialy on computer midi :
I would like to hear real recording - can anyone recomend me a good version, containing eventualy some more stuff from Hindemith?
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Splendid, Sarge! That Schumann could write pretty music :-)Sergeant Rock wrote:The Mignon is very beautiful. My copy was a Christmas present from Mrs. Rock.karlhenning wrote:Schumann
Requiem für Mignon, Op. 98b
Cheers,
~Karl
Karl Henning, PhD
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Composer & Clarinetist
Boston, Massachusetts
http://members.tripod.com/~Karl_P_Henning/
http://henningmusick.blogspot.com/
Published by Lux Nova Press
http://www.luxnova.com/
Stravinsky, Rite, Boulez, CO--now I'm ready to face the workday!
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